Fenestra
William Mathias
Description
Fenestra is full of opportunities for varied and exciting colours, the choice of which is left very much to the player's discretion.
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Programme Notes:
The English for 'Fenestra' is 'Windows'. The darkness of the work's opening is gradually illuminated by sound windows of varying tempi, brightness and colour. The player is invited to adapt this metaphor on each occasion to the given individuality of the instrument, allied to the acoustic in which it is placed. This work was composed very much with Jennifer Bate in mind as first performer and dedicatee. Its basic idea was, indeed, generated through knowledge of the infinite care